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POV02: People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  People in families (total) (2) Married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		248,301 71,600 28.8 189,191 40,175 21.2 15,083 5,802 38.5 44,027 25,623 58.2
  Under 18 years 73,153 29,313 40.1 51,351 14,546 28.3 4,262 2,151 50.5 17,541 12,616 71.9
    Under 5 years 20,858 9,162 43.9 14,845 4,645 31.3 1,261 738 58.5 4,753 3,779 79.5
    5 to 17 years 52,295 20,151 38.5 36,506 9,900 27.1 3,001 1,413 47.1 12,788 8,837 69.1
  18 to 64 years 149,742 35,768 23.9 116,401 20,623 17.7 9,792 3,292 33.6 23,548 11,853 50.3
    18 to 24 years 22,230 6,986 31.4 14,191 3,030 21.4 2,206 800 36.3 5,833 3,156 54.1
    25 to 34 years 30,197 9,033 29.9 22,354 5,126 22.9 2,377 772 32.5 5,466 3,135 57.4
    35 to 44 years 34,423 8,483 24.6 27,506 5,225 19.0 1,935 704 36.4 4,983 2,554 51.3
    45 to 54 years 35,983 6,694 18.6 28,965 3,932 13.6 2,123 671 31.6 4,896 2,090 42.7
    55 to 59 years 14,869 2,420 16.3 12,631 1,646 13.0 784 240 30.5 1,454 534 36.7
    60 to 64 years 12,040 2,152 17.9 10,755 1,664 15.5 368 106 28.8 917 383 41.7
  65 years and over 25,405 6,519 25.7 21,439 5,006 23.4 1,029 359 34.9 2,938 1,154 39.3
    65 to 74 years 15,159 3,500 23.1 13,291 2,740 20.6 464 162 35.0 1,404 597 42.5
    75 years and over 10,246 3,020 29.5 8,147 2,266 27.8 565 197 34.8 1,534 557 36.3
Male 122,174 33,361 27.3 96,206 20,385 21.2 10,748 3,996 37.2 15,220 8,980 59.0
  Under 18 years 37,384 14,905 39.9 26,236 7,391 28.2 2,356 1,163 49.3 8,792 6,351 72.2
    Under 5 years 10,671 4,646 43.5 7,632 2,360 30.9 655 374 57.1 2,385 1,912 80.2
    5 to 17 years 26,713 10,259 38.4 18,604 5,030 27.0 1,701 789 46.4 6,407 4,440 69.3
  18 to 64 years 72,047 15,438 21.4 58,137 10,284 17.7 7,777 2,630 33.8 6,133 2,524 41.2
    18 to 24 years 11,191 3,192 28.5 7,232 1,465 20.3 1,612 609 37.8 2,348 1,118 47.6
    25 to 34 years 14,233 3,637 25.6 10,779 2,455 22.8 2,035 674 33.1 1,420 507 35.7
    35 to 44 years 16,238 3,521 21.7 13,689 2,650 19.4 1,651 585 35.4 898 286 31.8
    45 to 54 years 17,184 3,000 17.5 14,509 2,021 13.9 1,614 516 32.0 1,062 463 43.6
    55 to 59 years 7,209 1,133 15.7 6,333 858 13.5 596 176 29.6 280 99 35.2
    60 to 64 years 5,992 955 15.9 5,597 835 14.9 269 69 25.7 125 51 40.5
  65 years and over 12,743 3,018 23.7 11,833 2,710 22.9 615 204 33.2 295 104 35.4
    65 to 74 years 7,630 1,569 20.6 7,197 1,415 19.7 295 99 33.4 139 55 40.0
    75 years and over 5,112 1,450 28.4 4,637 1,296 27.9 320 105 32.9 156 49 31.3
Female 126,127 38,239 30.3 92,985 19,790 21.3 4,335 1,806 41.7 28,807 16,644 57.8
  Under 18 years 35,769 14,408 40.3 25,115 7,155 28.5 1,905 988 51.9 8,748 6,265 71.6
    Under 5 years 10,187 4,517 44.3 7,213 2,285 31.7 606 364 60.0 2,368 1,867 78.9
    5 to 17 years 25,582 9,892 38.7 17,903 4,870 27.2 1,299 624 48.1 6,381 4,397 68.9
  18 to 64 years 77,695 20,330 26.2 58,264 10,339 17.7 2,015 662 32.9 17,416 9,329 53.6
    18 to 24 years 11,039 3,794 34.4 6,959 1,565 22.5 594 191 32.1 3,485 2,038 58.5
    25 to 34 years 15,964 5,396 33.8 11,576 2,671 23.1 342 97 28.5 4,046 2,627 64.9
    35 to 44 years 18,185 4,962 27.3 13,817 2,575 18.6 283 118 41.7 4,085 2,269 55.5
    45 to 54 years 18,799 3,693 19.6 14,457 1,910 13.2 509 155 30.6 3,834 1,627 42.4
    55 to 59 years 7,660 1,287 16.8 6,298 788 12.5 188 63 33.6 1,174 436 37.1
    60 to 64 years 6,048 1,198 19.8 5,158 829 16.1 98 37 37.2 792 332 41.9
  65 years and over 12,662 3,501 27.6 9,605 2,296 23.9 414 155 37.5 2,643 1,050 39.7
    65 to 74 years 7,529 1,931 25.6 6,095 1,325 21.7 169 64 37.7 1,265 542 42.8
    75 years and over 5,134 1,570 30.6 3,511 970 27.6 245 91 37.3 1,378 508 36.9

Poverty Footnotes

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